WORLD BOOK DAY!!!

It's that time of year again and i'm here to say 

HAPPY WORLD BOOK DAY!

Share your love of books with people you know.

Grab a new book from your local shop or borrow one from the local library!

Dress up as your favourite character for the day and remember that a book is for life not just for World Book Day!

Spend those £1 World Book Day Tokens if you have them and check out these special publications for the day!

• The What the Ladybird Heard Song, Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks
  (Macmillan)
  
• Winnie Flies Again, Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul (Oxford University Press)
  
• Where’s Wally Now?, Martin Handford (Walker Books)
  
• Magic Molly: The Clever Little Kitten, Holly Webb (Scholastic)
  
• Roald Dahl's Fantabulous Facts, Roald Dahl (Puffin)
  
• How to Train Your Dragon: The Day of the Dreader, Cressida Cowell (Hodder
  Children’s Books)
  
• Big Day Out, Jacqueline Wilson, Illustrated by Nick Sharratt (Random House)
  
• Skulduggery Pleasant: The End of the World, Derek Landy (HarperCollins) 
  
  
  ALSO: You can get Department 19 by Will Hill and The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson for JUST £1!
  
  
  YES! A WHOLE AWESOME BOOK FOR £1!!!  I BOUGHT 4 ALREADY!
  

I'd also like to mention a fab contest starting at 2:47pm today from Bloomsbury: it's their 247 VERY short story contest and here is the details from the Press Release:

Bloomsbury’s VERY short story competition for young writers is back

LOVING FICTION TWENTY-FOUR-SEVEN. CREATING STORIES IN 247 WORDS.

247tales.com is the online writing competition from Bloomsbury that challenges young writers to create stories using only 247 words or less. Now in its fourth year the competition is set to challenge even more young writers. 

In 2012, the competition returns with a blog-style website, a dedicated Facebook page www.facebook.com/247tales and nine more inspiring themes. Each month a different Bloomsbury author will pen a 247tale on a given topic. It is then over to the UK’s budding young writers aged between 10 and 16 to create their own miniature masterpiece.

One winner will be chosen each month and they will have their 247tale featured on the website as well as winning a selection of books and a framed copy of their story. Ten runners-up will get a signed copy of the latest book from that month's featured author, and their story will appear in the 247Library section of the website.

The competition launches at 2:47pm on Thursday 1^st March 2012 (World Book Day) with a 247tale from bestselling author Tony Bradman on the theme of The Ship. Details on how to enter can be found at www.247tales.com. Authors taking part include Anne Cassidy, Jim Eldridge, Sarah Crossan, A.F. Harrold, Laura Powell and Sue Limb.